Earthworm: alternatives and connections

An irrespirable gas, remaining after an explosion of fire damp in mines; choke damp. See Carbonic acid.

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…

A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species foun…

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…

One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone sh…

To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

An elongated fish of many genera and species. The common eels of Europe and America belong to the genus Anguilla. The electrical eel i…

A spurred partidge of the genus Francolinus and allied genera, of Asia and Africa. The common species (F. vulgaris) was formerly commo…

One of several swimming birds or divers, of the genus Colymbus (formerly Podiceps), and allied genera, found in the northern parts of…

Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri),…

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at…

One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the…

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but…

Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…

Any one numerous species of singing birds of the genus Alauda and allied genera (family Alaudidae). They mostly belong to Europe, Asia…